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he cut taxes, but he also continued to spend. if you spend without cutting taxes, you are delaying when the taxation takes place. he was not really cutting taxes. he was doing it in a sneaky way rather than a nice way. he was a militant person. he wanted paltry conservative moral values to the respected by government but be imposed in certain ways as well. he used a lot of liberty-based talk. that does not mean he walk that walk. >> what about the assertion the professors look down their nose at libertarians? >> yes, that tends to be the case. i do not think that is such a bad thing. that is something -- that is how people are in general. most people have the following view -- my view is reasonable and other people are either stupid or mean if they disagree with me. stupid or selfish. that is the only reason anyone would disagree with me. that is true of your typical professional who is a left liberal. if they are not left liberal, they are hardcore left. >> why are most professionals -- professors liberal or liberal left? >> i a
he cut taxes, but he also continued to spend. if you spend without cutting taxes, you are delaying when the taxation takes place. he was not really cutting taxes. he was doing it in a sneaky way rather than a nice way. he was a militant person. he wanted paltry conservative moral values to the respected by government but be imposed in certain ways as well. he used a lot of liberty-based talk. that does not mean he walk that walk. >> what about the assertion the professors look down their...
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type flat tax. host: do you think that would work? caller: i think that would eliminate all these loopholes people take twn tax code system. if you're married, own a house, have children, you get all these deductions and if you don't have any of those things, then you don't get to take any of those deductions so it's just not fair. if your income comes from capital gains there is a different tax rate for you. if the government wants to help bring the economy back, make everything fair across the board as far as taxes go. host: thanks for the call. we welcome our listeners and our focus this morning the role of government in solving america's problems. it was something that dwight eisenhower talked about in his fair well address 52 years ago this week. from our twitter page there is this from one of our viewers -- rick is joining us from maryland democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i think the government should be a part of our life, because without the government all these millionair
type flat tax. host: do you think that would work? caller: i think that would eliminate all these loopholes people take twn tax code system. if you're married, own a house, have children, you get all these deductions and if you don't have any of those things, then you don't get to take any of those deductions so it's just not fair. if your income comes from capital gains there is a different tax rate for you. if the government wants to help bring the economy back, make everything fair across...
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tax. you know what one of the legislator said to one of our nurses going to the capitol and talking about the wall street tax? she said, you nurses need to lower your expectations. the nurse looked at her and said, would you like for me to say that to you when i am prepare you for surgery? the true story. i mean, honestly, literally, it is a disgrace -- lower your expectations? i see what is happening out here every day. we're not going to lower our expectations. we're going to fight for a real economy. our economy has been hijacked -- we can talk about all the problems, talk endlessly about what i heard yesterday -- i heard about a woman yesterday. we heard about a real woman yesterday from michigan who actually chose to have her leg amputated because she could not afford the antibiotics in terms of taking care of her leg. she had her leg amputated because of money, because of money, because we do not have a health care system. it is a disgrace. the robin hood tax can generate $350 billio
tax. you know what one of the legislator said to one of our nurses going to the capitol and talking about the wall street tax? she said, you nurses need to lower your expectations. the nurse looked at her and said, would you like for me to say that to you when i am prepare you for surgery? the true story. i mean, honestly, literally, it is a disgrace -- lower your expectations? i see what is happening out here every day. we're not going to lower our expectations. we're going to fight for a real...
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tax rolls. barbara taxes, business licensees, -- property taxes, business licensees. abortion or the unemployment rate decrease down to 7.4%. -- we have seen our unemployment rate decreased down to 7.4%. a great focus on regionalism. host: with so much talk about the debt and deficit, cities often do that by floating bonds. explain how that works in mesa, arizona. guest: we do not go into debt to cover deficits. mostwe get our fiscal cliff literally three and four years ago. we had to figure it out on a cash basis counterbalance our budget. westreets, police stations, mainly some work, water, those kinds of things. these are financed with tax- exempt invisible bonds. hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars. one of the proposals that does not seem to want to die is to somehow tinker or eliminate the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds. this is extremely important to us. you are talking about the basic financing infrastructure itself of cities and states. that is huge. mesa is not a hea
tax rolls. barbara taxes, business licensees, -- property taxes, business licensees. abortion or the unemployment rate decrease down to 7.4%. -- we have seen our unemployment rate decreased down to 7.4%. a great focus on regionalism. host: with so much talk about the debt and deficit, cities often do that by floating bonds. explain how that works in mesa, arizona. guest: we do not go into debt to cover deficits. mostwe get our fiscal cliff literally three and four years ago. we had to figure it...
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it's don't tax me and don't tax me, tax that fella hind the tree. it's always the lower-end people. in order to make $250,000 a year, which they always keep sticking up, you have to make $5,000 a week. and i don't think i ever made $50,000 in one year. jorge: all right. i'm going to leave it at that point and have the congressman respond. gar: i think the gentleman raises an issue. the middle class of this country has essentially had on average a rather stagnant wage. while the very wealthy, on average, the last years have done very well. i mentioned 2010. over 90% of income gregget went to the top 1% -- growth went to the top 1%. so, we in this country have to make a decision. is it everybody on their own? or everybody must pull their weight but we're still a community? host: on twitter -- guest: i think maybe once. but i have voted for many, many, many times and i never have voted to use it as a weapon. i never have used it essentially saying to this country, we cannot -- we don't have to pay our bills and we can shatter the full faith and credit of the united states. host: coming
it's don't tax me and don't tax me, tax that fella hind the tree. it's always the lower-end people. in order to make $250,000 a year, which they always keep sticking up, you have to make $5,000 a week. and i don't think i ever made $50,000 in one year. jorge: all right. i'm going to leave it at that point and have the congressman respond. gar: i think the gentleman raises an issue. the middle class of this country has essentially had on average a rather stagnant wage. while the very wealthy, on...
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as well on the tax cuts. the president agreed to extend the tax cuts, and even republicans privately said they were surprised they got a clean extension from him. there certainly is the impression the president compromise too much in his first term. that is why you see this different approach that we've been talking about since the beginning of a more aggressive, combat of obama, but also on obama that reaches out to the public to try to bring public pressure to bear on republicans, and who did that. president reagan did that. it is more of a model that reagan used. you will see him apply that to all of the issues in the pipeline. host: let me go back to something the president said in his address today. he talked about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. in terms of the tactics of moving ahead on the guns agenda, we also heard the president last week talking about the inalienable rights of the average american, and that includes protecting our children. you can see a different twist on the constitut
as well on the tax cuts. the president agreed to extend the tax cuts, and even republicans privately said they were surprised they got a clean extension from him. there certainly is the impression the president compromise too much in his first term. that is why you see this different approach that we've been talking about since the beginning of a more aggressive, combat of obama, but also on obama that reaches out to the public to try to bring public pressure to bear on republicans, and who did...
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what i said was we weren't going to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthy -- and we didn't. now, you can argue that during the campaign i said -- i set the criteria for wealthy at $250,000 and we ended up being at $400,000. but the fact of the matter is millionaires, billionaires are paying significantly more in taxes, just as i said. so from the start, my concern was making sure that we had a tax code that was fair and that protected the middle class, and my biggest priority was making sure that middle-class taxes did not go up. the difference between this year and 2011 is the fact that we've already made $1.2 trillion in cuts. and at the time, i indicated that there were cuts that we could sensibly make that would not damage our economy, would not impede growth. i said at the time i think we should pair it up with revenue in order to have an overall balanced package. but my own budget reflected cuts in discretionary spending. my own budget reflected the cuts that needed to be made, and we've made those cuts. now, the challenge going forward is that we've now made some big
what i said was we weren't going to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthy -- and we didn't. now, you can argue that during the campaign i said -- i set the criteria for wealthy at $250,000 and we ended up being at $400,000. but the fact of the matter is millionaires, billionaires are paying significantly more in taxes, just as i said. so from the start, my concern was making sure that we had a tax code that was fair and that protected the middle class, and my biggest priority was making sure...
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or other tax. section 2, the congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. amendment 25 of the constitution. section 1, in case of the removal of the president from office or of his death or resignation, the vice president shall become president. section 2, whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the vice president, the president shall nominate a vice president who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of congress. section 3, whenever the president transmits to the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the vice president as acting president. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from maryland, mr. delaney. mr. delaney. section -- mr. delaney: section 4, whenever the vice presiden
or other tax. section 2, the congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. amendment 25 of the constitution. section 1, in case of the removal of the president from office or of his death or resignation, the vice president shall become president. section 2, whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the vice president, the president shall nominate a vice president who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of congress. section 3,...
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i think his approach raising taxes is not the way to grow our economy. nonetheless, he indicated there would be spending cuts. there were not. in fact there were spending increases in that bill. host: fix boxer's original assault gun ban. echoing a recent poll that said 30% of those polled are dissatisfied with gun laws, want to see them strengthened. not specific gun laws but, you know, saying we need to reinstitute the assault weapons ban and fix it. guest: well, the evidence -- again, we are certainly willing to listen to proposals that are offered by the president and his commission and by others, but the original assault weapons ban was not a meaningful law because it did not distinguish between the so-called assault weapon and other types of firearms that fire bullets exactly the same way in which over 100 million americans are owners of these firearms. host: could i stop you there? guest: i think that's the problem with the assault weapons ban. people think it involves machine guns and it does not. host: the new york state, as you know, just passe
i think his approach raising taxes is not the way to grow our economy. nonetheless, he indicated there would be spending cuts. there were not. in fact there were spending increases in that bill. host: fix boxer's original assault gun ban. echoing a recent poll that said 30% of those polled are dissatisfied with gun laws, want to see them strengthened. not specific gun laws but, you know, saying we need to reinstitute the assault weapons ban and fix it. guest: well, the evidence -- again, we are...
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or other tax. section 2, the congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. amendment 25 othe constitution. section 1, in case of the removal of the president from office or of his death or resignation, the vice president shall become president. section 2, whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the vice president, the president shall nominate a vice president who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of congress. section 3, whenever the president transmits to the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the vice president as acting president. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from maryland, mr. delaney. mr. delaney. section -- mr. delaney: section 4, whenever the vice president
or other tax. section 2, the congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. amendment 25 othe constitution. section 1, in case of the removal of the president from office or of his death or resignation, the vice president shall become president. section 2, whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the vice president, the president shall nominate a vice president who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of congress. section 3,...